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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILHELM I-IOIIENSTEIN, 0E BERLIN, GERMANY.

ORNAMENTYAL 0R FANCYV PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,241, dated October l1, 1898.

Applioationrled February 9, 1898. Serial No. 669,627. (No model.)

To LZZ whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, WILHELM HOHENsTEIN, a citizenof the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, residing in Berlin, Prussia,Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ornamental or Fancy Paper, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ornamental or fancy paper, the object ofthe invention being to provide a paper which is adapted in a higher degree for general decorative purposes than the ornamental or fancy papers now in use.

The invention consists of an ornamental or fancy paper consisting of evenly-ribbed portions and portions the ribs of which overlap, and, further, in which the overlapped ribs are provided with smooth upper surfaces.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a sheet of the paper forming the subject of this invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same on line 2 2, Fig. l, but drawn on a larger scale; and Fig. 3 is a plan view similar to Fig. l, but showing a different design from that indicated in Fig. l.

As Will be-seen on reference to the drawings, the ornamental or fancy paper forming the subject of the present invention consists of evenly-ribbed portions and portions the ribs of which overlap, the latter being shown clearly in Fig. 2, the ridges of the ribs which visible, more or less, according to the proportion of overlapped surface, whereas in evenly-ribbed 'paper the tops of the ribs are visible and the sides of the same evenly and only slightly so. By arranging the overlapping portions of the paper in a definite manner designs may be formed which may be in imitation of the designs usually formed in silk, cotton, Woolen, linen, or other fabrics, such as silk, crape, damask, moire, or fiowered stuffs. Then the ribs closely overlap and have smooth upper surfaces, a glossy appearance is presented, which adds to theattractive appearance of the paper. Wherethe ribs of a large surface are in this condition, the design stands out from a body having a gloss, as in p Fig. 3. If the entire surface have overlapped ribs and the ribs are smooth', or nearly so, the paper resembles plain silk crape.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pate'ntl. An ornamental or fancy paper, consisting of evenly-ribbed portions,and portions the ribs of which overlap, substantially as set forth.

, 2. An ornamental or fancy paper, consisting of evenly-ribbed portions, and portions the ribs of which overlap and are provided with smooth upper surfaces, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

WILHELM HOHENSTEIN.

Witnesses:

ALvIs SIEBEE, CEAS. H. DAY. 

